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's a messaging issue that the candidates and their campaigns have to deal with. put it this way. if romney had been selected the nominee back in february or early february or mid-february, would that have precluded his -- the words leaving his mouth about, well, you know, i really don't care for the poor. the very poor. what does that have to do with how long the process is? so i think a lot of campaigns want to jump on the process because their candidates don't know how to keep their mouth shut about -- without saying something that causes them angst. you can't blame the process for that. that is -- that's more of an ability to, again, stay on the message. the economic message. again, that would have nothing to do with rick santorum's fakeoff on social issues and nor would it have anything to do with the rush limbaugh controversy because i would submit to you that if romney were the nomny, he'd be in a much tougher spot given what rush limbaugh just said with the cameras coming to him every day. now the cameras can at least go to three or four different other people and get a sound bite from

romney has been waiting for? >> i hope that i get the support of people here in ohio tomorrow. and the other states across the country. i believe if i do i can get the nomination. >> if the conservative base of the republican party is still longing for someone other than mitt romney to get the nomination, tonight is their chance to say so. >> governor romney gets out there and four, five, six to one you know, it is going to take a toll and that's what's happened in pretty much all the states. that's why you know, i keep looking at this as a game of survival. >> rick santorum staking his hopes on ohio and tennessee. newt gingrich saying it is do or die time in his home state of georgia. >> we have really worked very hard to make sure we can carry georgia and all the polls now indicate we will carry georgia. >> the front runner, mitt romney, trying to close the deal tonight against his rival bus he is picking up baggage along wait that could hurt him long term. >> what does it say about the college coed, susan fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says

romney needs to finally prove he can close the deal with voters and rick santorum needs to move prove he can stop him. >> everyone is going out here scrapping and clawing. and we're doing all right. >> this may be newt gingrich's last chance for a campaign comeback. >> i'm not a team player. i'm a change agent. >> and ron paul's biggest chance to pick off more delegates. >> we do know that the strategy of building up delegates is a pretty sound position to have. >> will any one candidate emerge as the big super tuesday winner or loser? republicans are choosing. the world is watching. and nothing in this election compares to what's happening right now. >>> welcome to the cnn election sent they are special edition of "john king usa." there's a gold mine of delegates at stake right now. 400 that stretch from vermont to alaska and something that may be just as valuable, a chance for the republican candidates to prove they can win on a big national playing field. live picture from fargo, north dakota. people gathering right now for a huge republican congress that begins later this hour. voter

prize yet in the republican contest. is this the day mitt romney has been waiting for? >> i hope that i get the support of people here in ohio tomorrow. and the other states across the country. i believe if i do i can get the nomination. >> if the conservative base of the republican party is still longing for someone other than mitt romney to get the nomination, tonight is their chance to say so. >> governor romney gets out there and four, five, six to one you know, it is going to take a toll and that's what's happened in pretty much all the states. that's why you know, i keep looking at this as a game of survival. >> rick santorum staking his hopes on ohio and tennessee. newt gingrich saying it is do or die time in his home state of georgia. >> we have really worked very hard to make sure we can carry georgia and all the polls now indicate we will carry georgia. >> the front runner, mitt romney, trying to close the deal tonight against his rival bus he is picking up baggage along wait that could hurt him long term. >> what does it say about the college coed, susan fluke, who goes befor

colbert counts down the minutes until conservatives must fall in love with mitt romney. we'll watch the clock with colbert later in the show. >>> first to the news live at 5:30 a.m., here at 30 rock. after mons of campaigning the single biggest day in the republican presidential race is here with 11 states including wyoming caucuses and more than 400 delegates up for grabs, the next 16 or so hours will go a long way in dertermining the nominee and perhaps the next president of the united states. much of the focus is on ohio, a key battleground and must-win for republicans. as of now the numbers suggest ohio, anybody's game. three different polls in the last 24 hours show mitt romney and rick santorum in a statistical tie in ohio. both candidates spending yesterday there in ohio in a last campaign push before the polls open in a couple hours this morning. santorum focused his closing arguments on attacking mitt romney citing reports he suggested his state's health care law could be used as a model for the entire country. >> bad enough to be for a government mandated health care syste

in the republican race. does mitt romney put it away today on again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. ohio, tennessee, georgia, three states to watch today, but the pressure's on santorum tonight to prove he's still viable. romney may have a perception problem, but santorum has a math problem. we'll break it down. >>> and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu makes it clear to an american audience he's through with waiting on iran. president obama affirms he's got israel's back as we move a step closer to an armed conflict. it's super tuesday, march 6, 2012, this is "the daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. packed show. let's get to it. >>> ten states, five time zones stretching more than 4,500 miles cast ballots today. the closest americans get to a national primary. an 11th state, wyoming, elects delegates at county conventions. two battles tonight. a perception and delegate battle. we know who wins the delegate fight. mitt romney poised to walkway from tonight one step closer to the 1144 mark he needs to secure the nomination. the question, though, who will walkway from tonight's contest

of ohio has mitt romney at 37 and santorum at 36. it is neck and neck. of course, newt gingrich and ron paul bringing up the rear with 15 and 11% respectively. georgia, ppp again, but gingrich has a huge hometown advantage leading the pack. as you can see 47 of the 24%. however, there are some conflicting poll numbers that if you stick around, you will be able to see some of that. santorum and paul of course both third and fourth. this is what the delegate count looks like. a candidate needs 1,144 delegates to win and that's exactly what this shows right here, but you can see look at romney has 203. tomorrow, as you see, there is over 400. this is not going to be done. according to the associated press, mitt romney has that exact number 203 but all of these contests tomorrow all of them are proportional and that means that none are winner-take-all. so that means no one is going to come away with a clear -- as the clear winner in delegates. no one is going to have a tipping point number. we may see a surprise in momentum if santorum wins ohio if ro

. a big night in politics. the agony of defeat. we're used to election nights in which either mitt romney or his nearest rival is threatened with massive defeat. finally tonight that could happen. if rick santorum can't win in ohio, he's probably busted. if he's beaten in ohio and tennessee, he's clearly busted. if gingrich wins in georgia and nowhere else, he saves his dignity but probably only that. after weeks of negative campaigning by romney super pacs, he stands on the verge of victory. it's super tuesday. 424 delegates at stake. four candidates. msnbc will provide complete coverage beginning at 6:00 eastern. rachel maddow joins me along with al sharpton. joining me now is joe skar bow row and steve smith, who is chief star of "game change." he's a star for that. you come across so good at that. 11 states ahead in the polls. over 400 delegates. you can see them on the map. alaska, idaho, wyoming, north dakota, oklahoma, tennessee, ohio, vermont, massachusetts, virginia, and georgia. let me start with joe, my colleague from the early morning. what are you looking at tonight for somet

contests. front runners mitt romney and rick santorum were making last minute pitches to voters. instead of listening to them we are going to go right here to talk about this georgia primary. as we can see, gingrich is up significantly over romney. not going to be a whole lot of surprise if in fact that turns out to be the case. in ohio we have got romney up just one point over santorum according to public policy polling. we have a delegate count, 203 to 92 to 33 to 25. but all of these delegates tomorrow are proportionately given. after tomorrow it's not like people are going to go away. it is, in fact, was going to continue on. and we are joined right here by chris lahane and susan kennedy. chris and susan are these two fantastic -- notice they have blue cups tonight. they are democratic operatives although susan is an independent, i would say. need a purple cup. you started out as a democrat. >> the show. >> susan was the chief of staff for former governor arnold schwarzenegger. chris lahane has worked on a gajillion campaigns, top to bottom.

mitt romney has to think about which side he's on, rush or the woman he was insulting, just a minute i'm thinking. my guess is the woman will remember, all women will remember. that is "hardball" thanks for being with us. "the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening americans, welcome. rush limbaugh's fake apology was rejected by sandra fluke. the king of krif talk is bleeding advertisers, conservatives are attacking me? this is the "the ed show," let's get to work. >>> the two words were inappropriate, they were uncalled for. >> rush limbaugh has issued an apology and the woman he victimized isn't buying it. >> i don't think that a statement like this issued saying that his choice of words was not the best changes anything. >> now's terry o'neill on rush limbaugh's attempt at an apology. krystal ball on the latest on the boycott, plus salon's joan walsh and richard wolffe on the sorry republican response to limbaugh's sorry remarks. >>> ohio governor john kasich is refusing federal disaster relief for his state and democrats accused him of playing politics. ohio congres

is our top story. >>> and where's mitt romney in all this? silent as a lamb. mitt takes a beating in the new nbc/"wall street journal" poll. and that's no surprise. he's run a campaign of carpet bombing his opponents that's destroyed them state by state and left him down in the process. this may get him the nomination, but it's poison in november. the whole republican field is being damaged in this process. our new poll found 40% say the race has given them a less favorable inl impression of the gop. one of the polls called the process corrosive. the polls also filled with good news for president obama who was at or above 50% against every republican candidate. and a report argues today that african-american voters are being disenfranchised by republicans seeking to hold down the democratic vote this fall. we'll talk to the head of the national urban league. >>> and finally, let me finish with mitt romney's deep fear of rush limbaugh. we begin with rush limbaugh's partial apology today and the failure of republicans to challenge him. senator claire mccaskill is a democrat. rush le

gingrich would have left a long time ago if he did not have a superpower. mitt romney would not have been in a strong opposition as he is today. there is no doubt about it. supertax have fundamentally altered the nature of the campaign. it has made it more negative, and it has made campaigning less transparent, so you do not know exactly where the attack ads are coming from. it is not good for the party or for the country in general. >> i think you are right. i think it is bad on both sides. i was upset with the president for embracing this nonsense. i think it is wrong across the board, but what do we do about? >> i think it is up to the united states congress and the president of the united states to pass some form of campaign finance reform that the supreme court not overturned. there has to be a way to draft a bill that would prevent a billionaire to be able to write $10 billion checks of the time to keep the campaign going but does not have the support of individual americans. i am not a huge fan of individual limits to campaigns. i think people should be able to give what they want

romney across the northeast and rick santorum in oklahoma. the biggest surprise in all, ohio. santorum and romney have fought tooth and nail to emerge vicks you from the buckeye state. let's listen to the candidates as their final pitch goes out to voters. >> i do think we have a very real chance to win. but we're not here to get you to help callista and me. we're here to get you to help the country. >> this is not just about names on the ballot. this isn't an election about the course for america. we have to get rid of a failed president and get someone in there that understand this is economy and go to work to help the american people. >> the difference in this campaign is not just about governor romney being for obamacare, romneycare, advocating, as we've seen in the last week or two, it's one thing to be for it. it's another thing to not tell the truth to the people of this country about it. with e need a president and a nominee we can trust. >> let's bring in our super tuesday power panel. i love saying that. alicia menendez, chip salzman and richard wolf. i want to start with the

-eve, mitt romney's campaign just keeps getting goofy. >> born on a mountaintop in tennessee, raised in the woods so he knew every tree. >> all the latest on the state of the race with the nation's john nichols, and analyst howard fineman. >> he killed himself a bear. davy, davy crockett. >>> good to have you with us, thanks for watching. >>> breaking news off the top, a second station has decided to drop the rush limbaugh radio show. could it be the tip of the iceberg? for the last three days of last week, rush limbaugh has had no remorse about attacking a 30-year-old law student, sandra fluke. he called her some of the worst names imaginable and assaulted her character. when he started losing sponsors, he said he was sorry. but he didn't really apologize for what he had actually done. today, he said he attacked sandra fluke because he was using the strategy of the left. >> this is the mistake i made. in fighting them on this issue last week, i became like them. against my own instincts, again my own knowledge, against everything i know to be right and wrong, i descended to their le

to bowing out and letting romney have a free shot to the nomination. i just don't see that happening. >> dan balz, i'm going to give you a chance in a minute to ask john steele the big question, whatever that may be. >> i'd like to follow up now on what michael steele said, given wounded party that comes together eventually, what they're going to do to beat the democrats? i know jim has a good question along those lines. >> i think a lot of it is going to depend on the arguments that are made. we -- as a party, a national party, we are way off message right now. we are talking about stuff we have no business talking about because it is -- it reminds me so much of the terry schiavo conversation during the bush administration years. and beyond the pale and outside the purview of a national party to inject itself into personal decisions. we cannot on the one hand rail against democrats for, you know, wanting to take control through government auspices of our lives and our businesses and the like, but then in the same, you know in the next breath, you know have the kind of conversation we have a

hear mr. romney talk about this, i think his daddy must be turning over in his grave. >> i'm here today to tell you that i'm endorsing mitt romney in his candidacy for the presidency of the united states. >> moderates do not have the best chance of winning because they don't inspire with conviction. >> rick santorum is a nice guy but he's an economic lightweight. >> i'm the one candidate on our side who runs on really big ideas. romney was the kind of guy who would have fired christopher columbus. >> what do you feel like when you hear 4,000 people chanting your name? >> i almost feel embarrassed. i wonder why they come. >> good morning. i'm chris jansing. and after that wild week, can you believe all that was just in the last week? it's here. super tuesday, biggest prize so far in this tumultuous republican presidential contest. voting is under way right now. 11 states holding primaries or caucuses. 424 delegates are at stake, as well as the all-important perception of who is best equipped to challenge president obama in november? mitt romney has fought back in ohio and tennessee, both

as the republican candidates. this seemed to be a direct response to what mitt romney earlier today at apec said about what he would be doing about iran where he would be moving warships to make sure that iran knew that the military threat that they could visibly see the military threat. it seemed he almost challenged him to think if you think we should start a war, then make the case. >> i think we have the sound from the president discussing this notion of attacking iran. let's play it. >> measure my commitment to israel is seen in the actions that i've taken as president of the united states and indisputable that i've had israel's back over the last three years. >> i believe we have david gregory with us. are you there. we don't. let me go back to chuck. we have rick santorum who came out swinging. i believe it was david and that's why i wanted to bring him in who said a lot of what mitt romney hazarded regarding israel came off as up and dopandering s willing to say whatever it takes. >> that's the danger i thought the republicans were going to box themselves into. he created one policy red

romney in all of this? >> 39% of americans have an unfavorable view of women. >> maybe he should stop talking about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees. >> maybe even a bit of a muppet. >> a net loss of 11 points. >> he's lost control of his public image. >> the president reads romney six points. >> his approval rating is 50%. >> 50% of americans now approve of how president obama is doing his job. >> this race has really hurt the republican brand. >> look at the front run are, mitt romney. i know romney looks like a president, but we don't always get the job we look right for. if we did, i'd be the king of the snakes! >>> good evening from washington. with advertisers fleeing his radio show over the weekend on saturday, rush limbaugh did something he absolutely never does. he issued a written apology. this time to sandra fluke, the georgetown student he called a slut and a prostitute on his show last week, realizing that that wasn't good enough to preserve his advertising-driven income of more than $50 million a year. rush limbaugh began his radio show today with an

at stake. also on the line, the front runner status of mitt romney. and the survival of the other three candidates. this afternoon, president obama wished romney well. sort of. >> now i understand there are some political contests going on tonight. >> what would you like to say to mitt romney? >> good luck tonight. >> no, really. >> really. >> bret: we will have full coverage of president's news conference in a moment. but first, super tuesday. rick santorum faces what many feel is a must-win situation in ohio. while a big night could give romney a huge lead in the delegate math his campaign will portray as insur mountable for his opponents. chief political correspondent carl cameron starts us off from massachusetts. >> after barn storming in ohio, mitt romney returned to massachusetts to cast a super tuesday vote for himself. >> it's greet be back home. i am hoping for a win in massachusetts. >> earlier, romney and newt gingrich addressed the apac summit via satellite. santorum appeared in person. each promised to stand with israel and take a hard line against iran. >> i will make sure

the occasions to attack mitt romney. welcome to hour two of "washington today" here on c-span radio. i'm steve scully. thanks for being with us. it is super tuesday. republican primaries in ten states. the president choosing to hold his news conference this year, the first of 2012, an event that the "washington examiner" writes guarantees republicans will not have the media spotlight to themselves for this news cycle. today on wall street a down day. the dow dropping more than 200 points. about 1.5% amid renewed concerns about the situation in greece and a slowdown in the overall u.s. economy. and the president accusing his republican critics of beating the war drums. but he says that's easy for them to do when they're not the commander in chief. at today's news conference the president saying that his critics are forgetting that the cost of war, and the impact that war has on those who fight the battles on the front line, and some republicans are pushing for tougher action against iran without realizing what the repercussions are. and today, the apec conference wrapping up here in washington,

romney was in place calle snowville, georgia on sunday. he said if president obama is reelected then iran will get the bomb and the world will change. i think that got under the skin of some of the officials at the white house. coupled with that the president went to apec on sunday morning and gave his speech where he talked about loose talk of war. we thought he was referring to some of the leaders on both sides of the issue, both israeli and american. it turns out that could easily be applied to some of these republican candidates. the republican candidates appeared there today. a lot of tough rhetoric from there. you heard the president say they are playing politics. if they want to launch a war, they should just say so. >> michael viqueira at the white house. first questioner of the president. thanks so much. let's bring in our panel for more analysis. good day to all of you. dave, if you listen to the president on the seriousness of the potential conflict between iran and israel and then you compare his comments with the stupidity that comes from the mouth of gingrich and santorum, t

Últimos detalles. >>> quÉ tal, mitt romney quiere ganar esta noche mr knock out sin embargo, en este sÚper martes los electores estÁn apÁticos. mitt romney votÓ en massachusetts estado que llama su hogar. pero un grupo de activistas del dream ar acto. >>> loretamos porque dijo que corvette ray al dream act si fuera presidente. >>> massachusetts es uno de los 10 estados de sÚper martes, virginia, tennessee ohio y georgia los premios mayores pero la votaciÓn ha sido a cuenta gotas. >>> no me convence mucho romney por la historia que tiene aquÍ en massachusetts cuando estaba aquÍ pero, el otro tampoco me convence. >>> 3 de los 4 precandidatos usaron sus Últimas hora para criticar a obama, ron paul espero resultados de sÚper martes en idaho. >>> gingrich estÁ en georgia, estado con mayor nÚmero de delgados y segÚn las encuestas le darÁ la victoria. >>> con este comercial dice planea su regreso victorioso, aunque no se espera que hoy ningÚn gane la nominaciÓn algo nociÓn dicen ex el que mÁs delgados acumule tendrÁ la tarea de de ganar obama en noviembre. >>> tenemos y como rep

primary while mitt romney and newt gingrich were both watching the returns come in from the state of florida, where was ron paul? he was already campaigning out in nevada. because nevada is a caucus state, ron paul has a caucus state strategy. it was florida's him being in nevada made sense. in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and rick santorum were both in michigan awaiting those results, where was newt gingrich? he was in georgia. newt gingrich knowing that he would frankly tank in michigan an arizona and knowing he needs to win his home state of georgia in order to make a credible case for staying in the race. where you are on an election night speaks volumes about your campaign strategy and expectations. tomorrow night on super tuesday, rick santorum will watch the returns come in the supe

across the country. i believe if i do i can get the nomination. >> governor romney's technique to out spend his owe noents 5-1. is impossible against obama. he will have massively more money than any republican. >> don't listen to the polls and media hype and all the things about what the race is about. focus in on whether we want a man who can stand up and paint a very different vision for this country. >> up for grabs on super tuesday delegates a magic number for winning the nomination is 1144 delegates. here's the delegate count. mitt romney leads the pack with 203, santorum 92. gingrich 33 and paul with 35. super tuesday a total of 419 delegates available. with a solid win today romney could get a tighter hold on the frontrunner status. threw there are many voters who are still very undecided. >>> i have been going back and forth a little bit. i am looking at rick santorum. i think mitt romney has a good chance to win the presidency. >> i am so not sure who i am going to vote for but i am going to keep my options open at this time. >> you see everyone will be watching of course oh

estados realizan su elecciÓn primaria y en que mÁs delgados se determinan en una sola noche, romney y santorum se perfilan como los principales contendientes y dedican estas horas a captar el mayor nÚmero de votantes, tenemos cobertura comenzando en boston, massachusetts con angie sand vatval aquÍ... donde romney planea festejar maÑana, pero hoy toda la acciÓn estÁ en ohio donde santorum le pisa los talones. >>> el sÚper martes es maÑana en 10 estados, pero los principales aspirantes pelean hoy por ohio y sus 66 delgados. romney impulsado por su triunfo del sÁbado en washington, criticÓ a obama prometio trabajo y reducciÓn de impuestos, segÚn encuestas romney que ayer rezo dio boi el apoyo de... y la ex primera dama bÁrbara busch le lleva dos puntos de ventaja a santorum, empate tÉcnico. >>> por eso tambiÉn en ohio este Último, lepe dÍapedÍa a los lece no hay skweern casa ni a las encuestas ni ly que eligieran u candidato que piensa que estados unidos es mÁs que un tema econÓmico. >>> contienda donde 10 estados se dedo den el mismo dÍa y santorum ya no tiene recurs

>>> can mitt romney make super tuesday into super duper lock down the nomination tuesday? or will rick santorum and newt gingrich get in his way again? it's tuesday, march 6th, super tuesday and this is now. joining me today maggie habarman and the man of so many titles, nbc political director, chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily run down" chuck todd. if you are playing at home tonight, there are three super tuesday state that can change the race. the buckeye state could keep us late showing a dead heat so far. chuck i'm going to throw it to you. it ain't over until it's over. right? >> there's a whole museum dedicated to yogi bear, i tweeted it and they tweeted me back. >> it's a wonderful place. >> my work is done. >> and that is the challenge tonight, mitt romney he will win the balts for delegates he would like to shut down the perception battle here. the irony is that santorum has the pressure. he has to win ohio and tennessee to continue the case that he has a path to the nomination. losing one of them hurts them. losing both of them would seal th

and -- three of then last week, certainly romney could leave some of the -- but the most important prize today is ohio. our latest cnn poll shows romney is neck and neck with rick santorum who needs a big day of his own. let's go straight to jim acosta. he's on the scene for us in ohio. what's the latest there, jim? >> reporter: wolf, ohio mike the marquee state in the super tuesday states up for grabs, but you wouldn't know it. none of the candidates were out in the state looking for votes, but rick santorum will be in steubenville, ohio later tonight with the hope that mitt romney's past will finally catch up with him. >> i'm sorry my super tuesday travel schedule prevents me from being with you in person. >> and the -- mitt romney appeared via satellite before a conference staysed bied pro-israeli lobby aipac, slamming the president's record. >> hope is not a foreign policy. >> reporter: not to be outdowned rick went in person. >> if they do notary down the facilities, we will tear them down ourselves. >> reporter: while the candidates were off the trail, the ads did some trash talking for

to look at that, so, some doubts. >>guest: well, mitt romney has been consistent in focusing on the economy and times that has not attracted headlines but constantly it has come back to the front pinch -- page and that is why she locking leak he has the moment up. rick santorum did not by have the for the economy, did not talk about jobs, not as much as republicans thing he should have. so, again, the economy. back in the spotlight. and mitt romney has been consistent but republicans are worried about the gaffes. >>neil: the argument with the economy is if it starts improving and you are a republican you can be between a rock and a hard place so the republican's argument republicans always waiting for disaster, how does rick santorum or ron paul, or newt gingrich or mitt romney differentiate. >>guest: that is tough. because both parties have that privately what they are rooting for and romney and the other presidential candidates have to focus on although it is a little bit better, than it was six months ago, it is still not where it should be and romney is talking a lot abou

. rick santorum today called it appeasement and mitt romney has said if mr. obama is reelected iran would get a nuclear weapon. >> the one thing that we have not done is we haven't launched a war. if some of these folks think that it's time to launch a war, they should say so. they should explain to the american people exactly why they would do that and what the consequences would be. >> reporter: mr. obama also said the notion that a choice to strike iran must be made in the coming months is not supported by intelligence. u.s. officials say the iranian regime has not yet decided to build a nuclear weapon. >> when we haven't thought it through and it gets wrapped up in politics we make mistakes. and typically it's not the folks who are popping off who pay the price, it's these incredible men and women in uniform and their families who pay the price. >> reporter: the president is keenly aware that tension over iran has contributed to the rising cost of gas and he acknowledged that higher prices won't do him any favors when it comes to the 2012 campaign. >> just from a political perspective

to mitt romney. what is he like these days? >> in the last week or two he has found a focus for his campaign which he didn't have before. newt campaigning in iowa and new hampshire, he rambled and wandered. but for the last couple of weeks he's zeroed in on gas prices. it is the new new new newt, the gasoline newt, i guess with can -- we can call him. he's focused his campaign on that one issue. and because of that he's been able to give us some speech that's nearly identical, something he hasn't been able to do so fash -- far. and he's zeroing in on that one issue. it's like he can't help himself, sometimes he does go on the attack and he's done it a handful of times in the past week but it's not a consistent thing. we don't see the kind of attacks we saw in south carolina where he was going after romney. he's trying to focus on a singular issue. >> even then, he's run 30-minute spots now in some states. he actually bought 30-minute blocks of time where he sits in front of the camera. >> how many people sat through that? >> right. 30 minutes of newt looking at the camera explaining

that with every single character, john mccain, mitt romney and barack obama and hillary clinton and john edwards. so, you know, we occasionally, in the last couple weeks, have heard criticism from people who say the book was some left-wing democratic thing. if you go back and read the book, we pulled no punches throughout the book, nor did we try to be hitting everybody mercilessly. we tried to show a balanced portrait of everyone. that included sarah palin. to mark's point, that meant talking to everybody in mccain and palin world who had a lot of contact with her, people who loved her, and people who had less positive feelings about her by the end of the campaign. and we took that all into account. that's what we do. >> mark, let me ask you a more broad question. why the movie focuses only on sarah palin when there was such an exciting story on the other side as well. >> excellent question. hbo wanted to make a two-hour movie. and in two hours, you can only tell one story. they originally wanted to tell the story of the president and hillary clinton and their titanic battle for the nomination.

parties which is why you have republican candidates like mitt romney and newt gingrich and rick santorum being asked about rush's remarks, much bigger figures than these others. but it shouldn't just be less all the people on the left beat up on a conservative when he says that and vice versa when it's a liberal that talks his wr way into trouble. >> how does this end? >> reporter: it probably ends with rush limbaugh having his reputation a little battered but still on the air, and the democrats being handed pretty much of a presence here in which they can tie these remarks to radio talk show hosts to the republicans who are going to be running this forum. >> thank you. now this. >>> welcome back, i'm brooke baldwin. top of the hour. it is super tuesday, after all. republicans voting in ten states today. primary caucuses. we've got you covered. time to play reporter roulette political style. in ohio, big, big state for mitt romney and rick santorum. dana bash is there for us. dana, the race is down to the wire. >> down to the wire, and right now it is a dead heat in this very important s

-- campaign stands in the race. newt gingrich and mitt romney was in florida, ron paul was in nevada. because it's a caucus state, ron paul has a strategy, even though it was florida's night, him being in nevada made sense. on the night of the voting contest in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado. now that turned out to be awkward for him because him being in colorado meant that he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then there was the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona, while mitt romney and rick santorum were awaiting results, where was newt gingrich? in georgia. knowing that he would frankly tank in michigan and arizona, and knowing also he desperately needs to win his home state of georgia in order to make a credible case for staying in the race. where you are on an election night speaks volume about campaign strategy and expectations. tomorrow night on super tuesday, rick santorum will watch the returns come in, the super tuesday returns, he will be watch

between mitt romney and rick santorum a virtual time. in virginia romney stands a good chance of capturing all 46 delegates. tyler suiters is in arlington. good morning, tyler. >> reporter: betty, good morning to you as well. mitt romney has a great chance of taking all the delegates in massachusetts, a state where he serves as governor, and in nearby vermont. it's different stakes for different candidates and it's clear today's voting could reshape the rest of the republican presidential race. mitt romney campaigned hard across ohio hours before the polls opened, asking voters in youngstown to carry him to victory on super tuesday. >> get out and vote. thank you so much. >> reporter: romney is locked in a dead heat there with rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator had a lead there, but it started to fade after romney's three-state sweep last week. santorum admits a win in ohio is crucial. >> i would make the argument that it's not just a make or break. it's going to be a huge, huge deal. >> reporter: ohio is going to be huge because it's a battleground state to the jen general ele

at mitt romney with 119, newt gingrich with 30, rick santorum at 17, and ron paul at eight. >> i keep hearing people tell me they were undecided and now they've decided to join with us. >> it's gut check time. who wants it the most? what do you say? >> we're going to be talking to our chief washington correspondent, john harwood, in just a few minutes. in the meantime, jobs and the economy are obviously key issues pour voters right now. listen to this, the atlanta fed has created a new tool that allows you to estimate the number of jobs that president obama needs to get below 8% unemployment. it does assume the participation rate stays the same. if you take that assumption and you plug in the numbers, you figure there are eight months left before november and you want to see a target unemployment rate of 8%, the average monthly change in payrolls needs to be about 130,000. a note out on this topic says that if labor force participation stabilizes at the current rate, then the president needs 232,000 jobs per month to get the unemployment rate below 8% so there are some different facto

well in tennessee and oklahoma and the polls are supporting him in that. mitt romney says he's going to win massachusetts and vermont and idaho and the polls support him on that and he plans to win virginia, partly because he's the only person on the ballot along with ron paul. so that's probably a pretty good guess. he's leading by a lot of the poll there's. what he's focused on now is the battleground state of ohio. there it is a dead heat between mitt romney and rick santorum. now, mitt romney says he believes he will win the republican nomination if, in fact, he can carry the state of ohio. but newt gingrich and rick santorum say, making mitt romney the nominee would be a big mistake. listen. >> he will be the weakest candidate we could possibly put forward on the most important issue of today. >> he can't close the deal. he can't close the deal in part because people inherently don't trust what he's saying and think that he isn't always very candid with him and sometimes frankly isn't straight. >> all right. no shocker there to see rick santorum and newt gingrich saying he would

are up. what if? if governor romney has a big night, that may be the end of the whole story. he secures pretty much and headed toward the nomination. if speaker gingrich wins georgia and if he wins tennessee, does it change things? >> first of all. let's define what a big night is. we're going to have lots of definitions. i think there is a chance tomorrow night, every chance that romney could come out with a strong plurality of delegates that are up for grabs and in the contest last saturday in washington state and coming saturday in wyoming. i think there is a chance he could come out with a majority. if he wins a strong plurality or majority of the delegates and at least half the contests, half that are up tomorrow night or half from last saturday to next saturday and the others are all split up, this could be very strong point in the campaign. speaker gingrich in my opinion has to win georgia but also got to win elsewhere in the country, only other places he has a chance to win are oklahoma and tennessee. if he does, then he becomes a regional candidate. if he doesn't, he becomes a

, we begin tonight with my interview of mitt romney. i sat down with him this morning in canton, ohio. ohio is the battleground state. governor romney and his new 20% tax cut plan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in michigan. and i began asking whether he sees the same thing playing out 24 hours now in ohio. >>> governor mitt romney, welcome back to "the kudlow report." we appreciate it very much. >> thanks, larry. good to be here. >> some people believe that your 20% reduction there the personal tax rate really helped snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in michigan a week ago. is the same scenario going to play out in ohio? you're catching up in the polls. have you stayed with your tax cut message? >> there's no question about that. this is about getting the economy going again. and getting our economy going, putting people back to work, means getting our marginal tax rates down. the president wants to take the other direction. i think as long as we're talking about the economy and jobs, and, by the way, shrinking the deficit, we're winning. when we're talking about all ot

? because it's go time! flush pass . >>>. >>. >>. >> governor mitt romney's wife ann romney that made me shake my head and go, how are these guys wining? in it she she tried to say , us us?althy? not bingeing able to understand teahe plight of the poor? no naho, no schulte. instead, apparently, this is what she seis schulte. >> we can be poor nein spirit and i don't -- i don't look -- i don't even consider myself wealthy which seis an interesting thing. i -- it's it kbcan be here today and gone tomorrow. >> yeah that is an interesting thing. i got news for you. you are obviousscenely wealthy. last year on average the rock romney ss made 57,000 dollars$57,000 a day. >> that's more than tea eavehe average american makes in a whole year. i got news for you. your're wealthy. so don't give me this non-sense about, i don't know. i am poor nein spirit. well ricks, you'rer husband might be. i hear you on thawt. but none teatheless, they are in fact winning. in the very critical state of ohio now romney leading by ah raisezor-thin average. this is an average of all fe tea

consistent leader has been mitt romney, but has been unable to seal the deal. the latest challenger is in the top spot, is rick santorum. there are 400 delegates up for grabs, alaska, georgia, idaho, massachusetts, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, tennessee, vermont, and virginia. former house speaker newt gingrich is looking for a campaign come back focusing on the south well ahead in the home state of georgia and polls show tennessee is not out of reach. texas congressman ron paul has yet to win a single state but he has picked up a handful of delegates and there is an indication he plan, no indication he plans to drop out. and there are frontrunners, rick santorum and mitt romney locked in a dead heat in ohio, a key battle ground state. the biggest provides of the day with the delegates. carl cameron is live in boston. several tight races, carl, starting with ohio. >>carl: yes. the second biggest delegate prize but the one that will be most wanted and has been incredibly scrutinized. the battle between rick santorum and mitt romney down to the wire. a week and a half ago mitt romney

romney said that's not the language i would have used. i thought that was a cowardly answer and a test of leadership and one that he failed. >> there are conservatives who say there are people on the left, comedians on the left or entertainers on the left who have said some pretty extreme things, as well, and yet, not a call for politicians on the left to distance themselves from them. >> there's been a coursing of the politics left to right. i don't excuse anybody's inappropriate and in this case vile language whether it's aimed at someone on the left, right, middle. in this case, particularly egregious because it was a young woman not even in politics, just a young law student expressing herself in a public forum. i don't excuse it. there are very few entertainers who swing the weight that rush limbaugh does in the republican party. i think one of the reasons why governor romney and others were so timid in speaking out is because he's the defacto leader of the republican party and to take him on would be to risk your own standing within the party. and so that separates him from the o

in ohio where the race between santorum and romney has been incredibly close. tracie potts join us from columbus. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. columbus is key. this is where they will eventually certify tonight's primaries from the results of ohio. ohio is a very important state because no republican has ever been elected without winning this state. so today's primary is a key proving ground for november. ♪ >> reporter: both top candidates mitt romney and rick santorum, spent their last full day of campaigning in ohio. >> we have been all over the state from a to z, all right? akron to zanesville. >> i just don't think the republicans have a viable candidate. >> reporter: romney insists he is winning last-minute voters here. >> i keep hearing people tell me they were undecided and now they have decided to join with us. >> reporter: it's gut-check time! who wants it the most? what do you say? >> reporter: rick santorum has a two-point edge in ohio, a virtual tie. last night, he focuses on romney's flip-flop on contraception coverage. >> he will be the weakest candidate we could

-israel public affairs committee in washington via satellite. so did mitt romney, pressing for a tougher line on iran. >> a nuclear iran is not only a problem for israel. it's a problem for america and it's a problem for the world. >> woodruff: and rick santorum who addressed the apac gathering in person. >> we have a whole lot of primaries going on all across the nation. ten of them. but i wanted to come off the campaign trail to come here. >> woodruff: but for romney and santorum, ohio was the day's major focus and the closest contest. romney was hoping to overtake santorum there. he was also favored in massachusetts and vermont and in virginia where some polling stations look like ghost towns. the low turnout was mostly because only romney and texas congressman ron paul qualified for the ballot. paul focused his campaign mostly in the west. he was the only candidate to visit alaska. today he stumped in idaho. >> this is a very special day. idaho is a very special state. we're expecting lots of things to happen. >> woodruff: so the republican hopefuls await tonight's results with only one t

it was inappropriate. i was kind of shocked, anderson, when governor romney, all he had to say is that isn't language i would have used. what about the spirit of what was said? i thought this was a cowardly answer, it was a test of leadership and one that he failed. >> there are conservatives who said, there are people hot left, satirists, comedians, entertainers on the left who have said extreme things as well, yet there's not a call for politicians on the left to distance themselves from them. >> let me just say there's been a coarsening of our politics from left to right. i don't excuse anybody's inappropriate and intemperate, in this case vile, language. whether it's aimed at someone on the left, right, middle. in this case, it was particularly egregious because it was a young woman who wasn't even in politics, just a kwung lah student expressing herself in a public forum. so i don't excuse any of it. i will say this, there are very few entertainers who swing the weight rush limbaugh does in the republican party. i think one of the reasons why governor romney and others were so timid in speaking ou

tonight saying it would be huge for his campaign if he does. the fight against mitt romney has had punches flying up until the final bell. though not the biggest delegate prize of super tuesday. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you so much. >> reporter: ohio is considered the catch of the day. mitt romney went home to boston to vote after a solid week slugging it out toe to toe in ohio with rick santorum. >> it's great to be in the heart of ohio here in buckeye territory. that's a tough thing for a penn stater to say. >> reporter: a proven presidential battleground, 12 state elections picking the winner, victory in ohio can cast long-lasting signals. for romney, says one political expert, the stakes couldn't be higher. especially considering a possible southern surge in the next week for newt gingrich. >> the field is tilted for the rest of march in a santorum and/or gingrich direction. not in a romney direction. i think he has to have ohio. has to win ohio. >> reporter: romney is expected to perform best in ohio's urban and suburban areas. santorum in smaller, rural communities. each has

seen all the way along the race until now. mitt romney and rick santorum are really duking it out for this one. in ohio, they are neck and neck in the polls. >> so rush limbaugh apologizing again for calling law student sandra fluke a slut. we have a 15 and counting. the stations are also starting to yank his show. i've got to tell you, we found a guy, an editor and publisher who has been following limbaugh for quite a bit of time who said that apology was sincere and he's going to tell us why he thinks so. >> because the sponsors are bailing. >> that's not what he said. >> another story. this is one of those ones that gets you to shake your head because nfl players are admitting they put together big buckets of cash to pay each other to really take out other team members. they're so-called bounties. and it happened to some of the league's biggest names too. and the investigation is going from locker room to locker room. we'll fill you in. >> i can't wait to see what the league is going to do about this. >>> and slipping and sliding away. drivers -- oh, my goodness. that's a big s

. newt gingrich and his home state of georgia. mitt romney in the state he was once governor, massachusetts. rick santorum is an ohio considered the biggest prize of all. >> the top two candidates both know they need big wins on super tuesday. mitt romney and rick santorum are urging voters to take nothing for granted. it is a tight race in the state that is being closely watched. >> with ohio polls showing a dead heat between mitt romney and rick santorum, the buckeye state is considered the biggest prize. >> we are going to win this thing. >> it is gut check time. who wants it the most. >> at stake, 10 states with more than 400 delegates. voters lined up early in a state also being closely watched -- tennessee. mitt romney wins a big win in the deep south. exit polls show this tight race could tip santorum. georgia has the most delegates up for grabs. it is newt gingrich's home turf. the main issue is how much can he win. he told voters he is still the best bet in november. >> i do think in terms of the republican nomination, i am the one person who could debate barack obam

truthful about how mitt romney has been hurt by the process. if you look at the new "wall street journal" poll out, 28% of adults view him favorably compared to 39% unfairably. it has taken a hit. it's still at the end of this thing, if he does get the nomination, he will be stronger for it. >> eric: is that true? here is my problem. i think dick morris is 100% right. i think today being super tuesday we are going to pick the next president of the united states. probably the way things are looking it will be romney. morris is right. eventually we will get off the contraceptive thing and get back to what matters. the economy. jobs, down 14 million jobs, down 1.5 million jobs since obama took over. gas is $3.75 a gallon. people are unemployment longer than ever in history. once the focus is back on that. it doesn't matter -- you could put patriotic pup up to beat obama. >> does he make the aim requirement? dog years. >> dana: bob does. >> bob: may i make a comment? >> andrea: yes, what is your gut telling us today? >> bob: a lot of it. let me start with dick morris. i've known him a long t

romney wins across the ten states that would be a big step toward sealing the deal as the republican nominee. if he stumbles this race could go on for months. mitt romney spent month insisting he is the only candidate focusing on the issues that matter most to voters. >> i look at this campaign right now, and i see a lot of folks all talking about lots of thig things, but what we need to talk about to defeat barack obama is getting good jobs scaling back the size of government, and that's what i do. >> reporter: romney already has 187. there will 419 more. more than a third needed to win the nomination. the key battleground between mitt romney and rick santorum is ohio with 63 delegates. both candidates spent the final day campaigning there. romney was trailing in the polls there just days ago but after a recent surge it's now a virtual dead heat. santorum says for better or worse, ohio could be a turning point in his campaign. >> it's going be a huge, huge deal. >> reporter: though he was leading national polls for february santorum is painting himself as the

of the four candidates, mitt romney and ron paul. >> and there is one person on the ballot who can change the country. >> reporter: in arlington county, 70 of the more than 2600 active voters at this polling place on wilson boulevard had cast a ballot. >> and in general, i think ron paul's message of liberty, you know s on fiscal issues and conservative issues and that is what is gets motion out here and voting. >> reporter: she's shot not surprised that turnout could be as low as 10% today. >> too many debates and i think the public is tired of the repetition, bitterness in and deception. i don't think it's healthy. >> reporter: it's not much of a race here. >> it would be one thing if romney and santorum were on the ballot but romney and paul, not much of a choice and most show romney with a lead of more than 40 points. >> reporter: he's a director of public policy at george mason university and said that virginia will play a bigger role in the general election. >> president obama won in virginia, the first democrat to do so in almost two generations. you come back four years later and

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